Garmisch-Partenkirchen and Aspen Connection Travel April 28, 2022Mighty mountains provide an awesome backdrop for year-round activities in these spectacular sister cities. By Ella Mercer Aspen, Colorado and...
1770 German “Elector Bible” History March 3, 2022This 250-year-old German Bible, once the cherished possession of a German immigrant family, is now part of the German-American Heritage...
Austria’s Mountains are Calling In Brief March 3, 2022The Arlberg is all about its mountains and is comprised of five picturesque villages: St. Anton, Lech, Zürs, St. Christoph,...
Nature Awakens in Swiss Parks Travel March 3, 2022Courtesy Switzerland Tourism 19 Swiss Parks throughout Switzerland 270,000 residents lived in Swiss Parks in 2020 548 km2 (212 mi2)...
On the Wings of a Stork Culture March 3, 2022You’ll see their nests crowning telephone poles, church steeples, chimneys and theroof top ridges of rural houses and city buildings...
Ostalgie Culture March 3, 2022Who feels nostalgia for life in former East Germany? by Jackie Guigui-Stolberg Photographs Courtesy Jackie Guigui-Stolberg “What did you eat?”...
From Passau to Budapest and Further on the Danube Travel March 3, 2022By Peter Pabisch The Rhine is also known as the German river. Even though it forms a border between Germany...
The “Do’s and Don’ts” of Visiting Your Ancestral Heimat History March 3, 2022By James M. Beidler Let’s get one thing clear first: Heimat in German simply means “homeland” but often is used...
Erfurt Travel March 3, 2022This city of steeples is indeed what German writer Arnold Zweig once described as a “picture book of German history”.By...
Booknotes Culture March 3, 2022By Don Heinrich Tolzmann Easter is one of my favorite times of the year in Germany, second only to the...